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Swimming at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The final of the women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1984.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Kristin Otto (GDR) 1:57.75 Magdeburg, East Germany 23 May 1984
Olympic record  Barbara Krause (GDR) 1:58.33 Moscow, Soviet Union 24 July 1980

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Mary Wayte  United States 2:00.69 Q
2 4 4 Cynthia Woodhead  United States 2:00.85 Q
3 5 4 June Croft  Great Britain 2:01.05 Q
4 3 5 Michelle Pearson  Australia 2:01.49 Q
5 2 4 Conny van Bentum  Netherlands 2:01.52 Q
6 1 4 Annemarie Verstappen  Netherlands 2:01.61 Q
7 5 5 Ina Beyermann  West Germany 2:02.42 Q
8 3 3 Anna McVann  Australia 2:03.14 Q
9 5 3 Julie Daigneault  Canada 2:03.40 q
10 4 6 Chikako Nakamori  Japan 2:03.94 q
11 3 6 Iris Zscherpe  West Germany 2:03.95 q
12 2 3 Silvia Persi  Italy 2:03.98 q
13 4 3 Jane Kerr  Canada 2:04.02 q
14 4 5 Kaori Yanase  Japan 2:04.38 q
15 2 5 Annabelle Cripps  Great Britain 2:04.44 q
16 1 5 Ann Linder  Sweden 2:04.60 q
17 2 6 Carla Lasi  Italy 2:05.86
18 2 7 Lisa Ann Wen  Chinese Taipei 2:06.01
19 1 3 Laurence Bensimon  France 2:06.61
20 2 2 Carol Ann Heavey  Ireland 2:07.75
21 5 2 Patricia Kohlmann  Mexico 2:08.15
22 5 7 Sandra Crousse  Peru 2:09.42
23 1 6 Sofia Dara  Greece 2:09.52
24 4 2 Irma Huerta  Mexico 2:09.79
25 4 1 Christine Jacob  Philippines 2:12.17
26 3 7 Hadar Rubinstein  Israel 2:12.32
27 3 2 Virginia Sachero  Argentina 2:13.41
28 5 1 Chang Hui-chien  Chinese Taipei 2:13.67
29 1 7 Kim Jin-suk  South Korea 2:13.76
30 1 2 Fenella Ng  Hong Kong 2:13.94
31 2 1 Karen Slowing-Aceituno  Guatemala 2:14.39
32 4 8 Blanca Morales  Guatemala 2:14.79
33 3 1 Sherwite Hafez  Egypt 2:16.11
34 1 1 Daniela Galassi  San Marino 2:19.22
35 5 8 Sharon Pickering  Fiji 2:19.61
36 3 8 María Lardizábal  Honduras 2:28.65
4 7 Faten Ghattas  Tunisia DNS
5 6 Maria Kardum  Sweden DNS

Finals

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 6 Silvia Persi  Italy 2:03.17 NR
10 3 Iris Zscherpe  West Germany 2:03.42
11 4 Julie Daigneault  Canada 2:03.67
12 8 Ann Linder  Sweden 2:03.85
13 5 Chikako Nakamori  Japan 2:04.11
14 2 Jane Kerr  Canada 2:04.19
15 1 Annabelle Cripps  Great Britain 2:04.90
16 7 Kaori Yanase  Japan 2:05.24

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Mary Wayte  United States 1:59.23
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Cynthia Woodhead  United States 1:59.50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Annemarie Verstappen  Netherlands 1:59.69
4 6 Michelle Pearson  Australia 1:59.79 OC
5 2 Conny van Bentum  Netherlands 2:00.59
6 3 June Croft  Great Britain 2:00.64
7 1 Ina Beyermann  West Germany 2:01.89
8 8 Anna McVann  Australia 2:02.87

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 492–493. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

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